Silas White

Silas White
White in 2022
Mayor for Gibsons
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 1, 2022
Preceded byBill Beamish
Director for Sunshine Coast Regional District
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 10, 2022
In office
December 4, 2014 – January 1, 2017
Town Councillor for Gibsons
In office
December 2, 2014 – November 6, 2018
Personal details
Born
Sechelt, British Columbia
SpouseAmanda Amaral (divorced)

Silas White is a Canadian publisher, author, and politician.

Early life

White was born in Sechelt, British Columbia to Howard and Mary White, founders of book publisher Harbour Publishing, and grew up in Pender Harbour, British Columbia. He graduated with a degree in English literature from the University of British Columbia, and received a master's degree in public administration from the University of Victoria.

Career

Publishing and Music

In 2000, White took over Nightwood Editions, a literary press owned by Harbour Publishing. Nightwood was originally established by Bill Bissett under the name "blewointment press", which was sold in 1983 due to financial difficulties. It has since published poetry and fiction by Canadian writers including Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Tim Bowling, and Rita Wong.

White is also an editor and contributed to reference and literary publications including "The Encyclopedia of British Columbia." "The Fly in Autumn" by David Zieroth, one of many books he has edited, won the 2010 Governor General's Award for English-language poetry.

In August 2019 he released a retroactive album of Electric Fences recordings from 15 years prior, Retroact 2001-2004, with Vancouver indie label Kingfisher Bluez.

Elected office

In 2005, White was elected to the Board of Education at School District 46 Sunshine Coast. In 2007 he was selected by his colleagues as board chair, the youngest person to hold that post in British Columbia. He also served as a Director and vice-chair of the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association until Premier Christy Clark replaced the board with a public administrator to exercise direct control over teacher bargaining by the provincial government. In 2014 he left the board of School District 46 to run as councillor for the town of Gibsons, finishing first in the municipal election. As a councillor, he represented the town for two years at the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

Following a bicycle accident in which White was concussed, he withdrew from the 2018 Gibsons election.

In the 2020 British Columbia general election, he managed the campaign of his former Gibsons council colleague, Jeremy Valeriote, for the Green Party of British Columbia in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.

White ran for mayor of Gibsons in 2022, winning with 84.1% of the vote.

Electoral record

2022 Gibsons Mayoral election

Mayoral candidate Votes %
Silas White † 1,241 84.14
Leslie Thomson 196 13.29
Phil Yeung 38 2.58

2014 Gibsons Town Council election

Top 4 candidates elected

Council candidate Vote %
Silas White1,52967.99
Jeremy Valeriote1,32558.92
Charlene SanJenko (X)1,24455.31
Stafford Lumley1,11749.67
LeeAnn Johnson (X)92541.13
Dan Bouman (X)84937.75
Barry Janyk83236.99
Katie Janyk69831.04
Turnout2,24962.47

References

  1. ↑ "Gibsons council members sworn in for 2022-2026 term". Coast Reporter, Sunshine Coast, BC. November 4, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Leonard Lee named SCRD board chair". Coast Reporter, Sunshine Coast, BC. November 10, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "New board sworn in, chair lists priorities". Coast Reporter. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Inaugural council meeting begins with hope for a more unified community". Coast Reporter. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "White, Silas". ABCBookWorld. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Roy, Cathie (March 25, 2011). "Silas White - creative community crusader". Coast Reporter. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
  7. ↑ "blewointment press". Geist Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Silas releases newly mastered tunes". Coast Reporter, Sunshine Coast, BC. August 30, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. ↑ Roy, Cathie (November 25, 2005). "Four new school trustees". Coast Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Education, Pender Harbour, Sunshine Coast". June 7, 2008. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  11. ↑ Wood, Christine (August 10, 2013). "Fassbender appoints Marchbank, dismantles BCPSEA". Coast Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  12. ↑ Gleeson, John (November 20, 2014). "Rowe team sweeps Gibsons council". Coast Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Silas White charged with impaired driving". The Local Weekly. November 7, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  14. ↑ Robinson, Kristen (November 2, 2018). "Former Gibsons mayoral candidate has been charged with impaired driving". Global News. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Former Gibsons councillor receives maximum fine for careless driving". Coast Reporter, Sunshine Coast, BC. December 10, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ "For Squamish's MLA-elect, life on the farm will have to wait". Squamish Chief, Squamish, BC. November 19, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Silas White has a landslide win in Gibsons". Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  18. ↑ "B.C. municipal election 2022: Gibsons results - BC | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Town of Gibsons - 2022 municipal election general - Election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2023.
  20. ↑ "CivicInfo BC: Election Results - 2014 - Municipality - Gibsons (Town)". www.civicinfo.bc.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2025.

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